Violent Victorians: Popular Entertainment in Nineteenth-Century London

By Rosalind Crone

Book Overview

First book to bring together the wide range of violent entertainments that characterised popular culture in nineteenth-century London and seriously assesses their origins, functions and impact. Draws upon the methodologies of social and cultural history to better understand the texture of Victorian society, and the mental world of the lower orders.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071908685X
• ISBN13: 9780719086854
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"